An architect, a builder, and a lumberman all share the same dream — to build a beautiful schoolhouse for their children. The town, however, does not have the money to build it and the wealthy family that does have the money, doesn't need a schoolhouse. They need a carriage house. So the three men are hired to build the carriage house while they secretly wish to be building a school. What they don't know is that their wish will be granted — only one hundred years later.